NEW DELHI: The
much-awaited aircraft, Boeing787, also
known as the Dreamliner, gave wings to Air India's international ambitions by
making it's maiden long-haul flight between national capital Delhi and
Frankfurt in Germany on Monday.
The national carrier had taken delivery of the first of the 27 Dreamliners on September 8 this year, after which two more have joined the fleet. Till now these aircraft were being deployed on the domestic sectors - apart from operations between Delhi and Dubai, a medium-haul sector.
"Air India's Dreamlinerto Frankfurt marks a new era of its operations with the state-of-the-art aircraft on the long haul routes as well," a press statement from the state-owned carrier said.
The flight AI 121 from Delhi to Frankfurt took off with Captain Soman in Command and Captain Nikhil Dongre as co-pilot, the release added.
This new machine has a two class configuration with 18 flat bed seats in the Executive Class and 238 seats in the Economy class, a total of 256 seats. The aircraft is equipped with the state-of-the-art in-flight entertainment system (Top Series i8000), capable of AVOD (Audio Video On Demand) in all classes.
A USB port is provided in all classes capable of connecting to Passenger Electronic Devices e.g. Digital Camera, Keyboard, MP3 Player, Mobile phone charging, etc. Also, an overhead video Broadcast is provided on the 15.4 inch LCD monitors throughout the cabin.
Passengers aboard the Dreamliners will also experience a smoother ride, as the airplane is equipped with a system that senses turbulence and commands wing control surfaces to counter it, enhancing comforts in the travel.
Air Indiawas supposed to get the first of the B-787s in 2008, after it ordered 27 of them in 2005 from US plane maker Boeing. Air India now plans to start new routes between India-US, India-Europe and India-Australia with the help of these aircraft, eight of which will join the airline's fleet by March next.
As per the operational and financial turnaround plan of Air India, 14 Dreamliners are supposed to be inducted into the AI fleet by 2013-14.
The national carrier had taken delivery of the first of the 27 Dreamliners on September 8 this year, after which two more have joined the fleet. Till now these aircraft were being deployed on the domestic sectors - apart from operations between Delhi and Dubai, a medium-haul sector.
"Air India's Dreamlinerto Frankfurt marks a new era of its operations with the state-of-the-art aircraft on the long haul routes as well," a press statement from the state-owned carrier said.
The flight AI 121 from Delhi to Frankfurt took off with Captain Soman in Command and Captain Nikhil Dongre as co-pilot, the release added.
This new machine has a two class configuration with 18 flat bed seats in the Executive Class and 238 seats in the Economy class, a total of 256 seats. The aircraft is equipped with the state-of-the-art in-flight entertainment system (Top Series i8000), capable of AVOD (Audio Video On Demand) in all classes.
A USB port is provided in all classes capable of connecting to Passenger Electronic Devices e.g. Digital Camera, Keyboard, MP3 Player, Mobile phone charging, etc. Also, an overhead video Broadcast is provided on the 15.4 inch LCD monitors throughout the cabin.
Passengers aboard the Dreamliners will also experience a smoother ride, as the airplane is equipped with a system that senses turbulence and commands wing control surfaces to counter it, enhancing comforts in the travel.
Air Indiawas supposed to get the first of the B-787s in 2008, after it ordered 27 of them in 2005 from US plane maker Boeing. Air India now plans to start new routes between India-US, India-Europe and India-Australia with the help of these aircraft, eight of which will join the airline's fleet by March next.
As per the operational and financial turnaround plan of Air India, 14 Dreamliners are supposed to be inducted into the AI fleet by 2013-14.
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